Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] : Few hours left in India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface. Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia are super excited and can’t wait to witness this.
Riteish said “Today is the moon landing of Chandrayaan-3 and this is a big achievement for our country. I am very happy and excited since morning. We are proud Indians supporting our country.”
Few hours ago, excited Riteish also took to Instagram story and wrote, “It’s @Chandrayaan3 landing day @6:04 pm ist.”
Meanwhile, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that it is all set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS).
“All set to initiate the Automatic Landing Sequence (ALS). Awaiting the arrival of the Lander Module (LM) at the designated point, around 17:44 Hrs. IST. Upon receiving the ALS command, the LM activates the throttleable engines for powered descent,” ISRO said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
“The mission operations team will keep confirming the sequential execution of commands.
The live telecast of operations at MOX begins at 17:20 Hrs. IST,” read the post further.
The attempted soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the moon’s south pole has been scheduled for around 18:04 IST, with the powered descent of the Vikram lander expected at 1745 IST.
The live telecast of the landing operations at Mission Operation Complex (MOX) will begin at 1720 IST. Live broadcast of the landing will be available on the ISRO website, its YouTube channel, Facebook, and public broadcaster DD National TV from 17:27 IST on Aug 23, 2023.
In an earlier update on the soft landing by the Chandrayaan-3 lander, ISRO had said the mission is on schedule and systems are undergoing regular checks. It also released a series of up-close images of the moon. The images will assist the lander module in determining its position (latitude and longitude) by matching them against an onboard moon reference map.
